Which to use
“contratado” is a verb and “contratados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,532
- “contratado” frequency rank
- #13,420
- “contratados” frequency rank
- 20952
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contratado | contratados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de contratar. | Forma del plural de contratado, participio de contratar. |
Where the eye mixes contratado and contratados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. contratado runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVCV) against contratados's 11 (CVCCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: contratado vs contratados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: contratado is [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞o] while contratados is [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “contratado” sits inside “contratados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20952, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contratado is recorded at frequency rank #7,532, classified as averb, pronounced [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞o]. contratados is at rank #13,420, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞os].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 20952, this pair ranks #257,043 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of contratado vs contratados
Shared letters: acdnort. Private to "contratado": -. Private to "contratados": s.
"contratado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV · "contratados" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- contratado ← ccontratado · cnotratado · conntratado · conrtatado · contartado · contraatdo · contrataddo · contrataod
- contratados ← ccontratados · cnotratados · conntratados · conrtatados · contartados · contraatdos · contrataddos · contratadoss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "contratado" and "contratados" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "contratado" vs "contratados" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "contratado" and "contratados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "contratado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contratados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #257,043 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contratado" and "contratados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contratados vs contratamos". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #257,043 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.